Working time

New and updated

• Can an employee take annual leave while on furlough?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Hours of work

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the domestic drivers' hours rules in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak expired on 14 June 2020.

• Rest breaks and rest periods

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the temporary relaxation of the enforcement of the domestic drivers' hours rules in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak expired on 14 June 2020.

• Managing your workforce out of lockdown webinar: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - impending changes and tricky issues

  Date:

  8 June 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Jo Broadbent and Matthew Towers guide you through the impending changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as well as other furlough-related issues with which employers are struggling.

• Annual leave

  Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Updated to include information for line managers on managing annual leave during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

• Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter requiring a furloughed employee to take holiday

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model HR letter to require an employee to take annual leave during furlough.

• Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: Managing annual leave

  Date:

  28 May 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Darren Newman, employment lawyer, discusses the legal and practical considerations of managing annual leave during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Coronavirus and carrying over annual leave

  Date:

  27 May 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  With employers required to top up furloughed employees' pay for any annual leave they take, many will be anxious to avoid this extra expense at the current time. However, the result could be a glut of holiday requests towards the end of the leave year. Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at how the coronavirus amendments to the Working Time Regulations may help employers facing this situation.

• Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter outlining your organisation's approach to holiday for employees working from home

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take into account government guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19).

• Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter outlining your organisation's approach to holiday for employees who are attending work

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take into account government guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19).